Hevesi Gift-Wraps Resignation

Democratic state comptroller Alan Hevesi is handing over an unusual holiday present today, his resignation. Hevesi is facing indictment for failure to reimburse the state after having an employee cart his ailing wife around. Now, he's calling it quits.

As Wayne Barrett wrote on December 12, Hevesi is hardly a "recidivist abuser" and could well have been spared, except that the corruption fighter pictured below has a reputation to protect.